The Complexity of Simplicity: Invention Potentials for Writing Students

Colin Charlton

Volume 2

Chapter Description

Students struggle with getting started on writing projects. In this chapter, you will find innovative invention strategies explained and modeled, based on student experiences.  By including questions to prompt thinking as well as writing, and student examples, this chapter can help you show students how to transform their uncertainty about finding a writing topic into an opportunity to make new connections between texts, people, and ideas.

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